James McAvoy
58 movies · 14 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 21, 1979 (age 47)
- Place of birth
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- James Andrew McAvoy
Biography
James McAvoy (born April 21, 1979) is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in The Near Room (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television work includes the thriller State of Play, science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune and the channel 4s BAFTA award-winning series Shameless (British TV series).
He has performed in several West End productions and has received four nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, and has also done voice work for animated films including Gnomeo & Juliet, its sequel Sherlock Gnomes, and Arthur Christmas.
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In 2003, McAvoy appeared in a lead role in Bollywood Queen, then in another lead role as Rory in Inside I'm Dancing in 2004. This was followed by a supporting role, as the faun Mr. Tumnus, in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). His performance in Kevin Macdonald's drama The Last King of Scotland (2006) garnered him several award nominations, including the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. The critically acclaimed romantic drama war film Atonement (2007) earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination and his second BAFTA nomination. He later appeared as a newly trained assassin in the action thriller Wanted (2008).
In 2011, McAvoy portrayed Professor Charles Xavier in the superhero film X-Men: First Class, a role he reprised in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Dark Phoenix (2019). McAvoy starred in the crime comedy-drama film Filth (2013), for which he won Best Actor in the British Independent Film Awards. In 2016, he portrayed Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man with 23 alternate personalities, in M. Night Shyamalan's Split, for which he received critical acclaim, and later reprised the role for the sequel Glass (2019). Since 2019, he has portrayed Lord Asriel Belacqua in the BBC/HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials.
Known for
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★ 7.5 Deadpool 2
2018 · Film
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★ 7.3 Split
2017 · Film
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★ 7.5 X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 · Film
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★ 6.5 X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 · Film
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★ 7.3 X-Men: First Class
2011 · Film
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★ 7.1 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · Film
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★ 6.8 It Chapter Two
2019 · Film
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★ 6.7 Glass
2019 · Film
James McAvoy: movies and TV shows
Acting (71)
- Upcoming Control
as Dr. Conway
- Upcoming
- 2026 Faith
as Michael
- 2026 California Schemin'
as Anthony
- 2026 Pose
as Thomas
- 2025 Lions Uncut: Australia 2025
as Narrator
- 2025 The Space Between Attack and Decay
as Narrator
- 2024 Speak No Evil
as Paddy
- 2024 The Book of Clarence
as Pontius Pilate
- 2022
- 2022 The Bubble
as James McAvoy
- 2021 The Sands Between
as Man
- 2021 My Son
as Edmond Murray
- 2021 Together
as He
- 2020
- 2020 National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac
- 2019
- 2019 It Chapter Two
as Bill Denbrough
- 2019 Dark Phoenix
as Charles Xavier / Professor X
- 2019 Glass
as Patricia / Dennis / Hedwig / The Beast / Barry / Heinrich / Jade / Ian / Mary Reynolds / Norma / Jalin / Kat / B.T. / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Mr. Pritchard / Felida / Luke / Goddard / Samuel / Polly
- 2018
- 2018 Once Upon a Deadpool
as Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)
- 2018 Deadpool 2
as Charles Xavier (uncredited)
- 2018 Sherlock Gnomes
as Gnomeo (voice)
- 2018 Submergence
as James More
- 2017 Atomic Blonde
as David Percival
- 2017 Split
as Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade
- 2016 X-Men: Apocalypse
as Professor Charles Xavier
- 2015 Victor Frankenstein
as Victor Frankenstein
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Charles Xavier
- 2014 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
as Conor Ludlow
- 2014 Muppets Most Wanted
as UPS Guy
- 2013 Filth
as Bruce
- 2013 Trance
as Simon
- 2013 Welcome to the Punch
as Max Lewinsky
- 2011 Arthur Christmas
as Arthur (voice)
- 2011 X-Men: First Class
as Charles Xavier (24 Years)
- 2011 The Conspirator
as Frederick Aiken
- 2011 Gnomeo & Juliet
as Gnomeo (voice)
- 2009 The Last Station
as Valentin Bulgakov
- 2008 Wanted
as Wesley Gibson
- 2007 Becoming Jane
as Tom Lefroy
- 2007 Atonement
as Robbie Turner
- 2006 Starter for 10
as Brian Jackson
- 2006 Penelope
as Johnny/Max
- 2006 The Last King of Scotland
as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
- 2005
- 2005 ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Joe Macbeth
- 2005
- 2004 Strings
as Hal
- 2004 Inside I'm Dancing
as Rory O'Shea
- 2004 Wimbledon
as Carl Colt
- 2004
- 2003 Bright Young Things
as Simon Balcairn
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002 Bollywood Queen
as Jay
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002 White Teeth
as Josh Malfen
- 2002
- 2001 The Pool
as Mike
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 Lorna Doone
as Sergeant Bloxham
- 2000
- 1997 Regeneration
as Anthony Balfour
- 1997 The Near Room
as Kevin
Behind the camera (3)
- 2026 California Schemin'
Director
- 2013 Filth
Producer
- 2011 50/50
Thanks
Talk shows and appearances (26)
- 2026 The Claudia Winkleman Show
1 episode
- 2024 Hot Ones Versus
1 episode
- 2023
- 2020
- 2020 The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
13 episodes
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
4 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2 episodes
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010 Conan
2 episodes
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
3 episodes
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
10 episodes
- 2004 Parkinson
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 2002 Top Gear
2 episodes
- 2001 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
1 episode
- 1996 The Daily Show
2 episodes
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
3 episodes
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode